Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10


Amending section $50 of the Revised Statutes
OF the United States.
Fixing the boundary of the Eastern District
Court of Arkansas.
Limiting the cost Of the public building at
Chattanooga, Tenn, to 100000
Authorizing construction OF a high wagon and
foot passenger bridge over the Mississippi be
tween East Dubuque, Ill, and Dubuque, Iowa.
Authorizing the City of Newport, r. l., 10 u SO
the site of Fort Greene public park.
Granting certain seal rocks to the city and
county of San Francisco, Cal, in trust for the
people of the United States.
Pr ,yiding for the execution of the provisions
OF article of the treaty conc uded between the
United States and the Emperor of China on
November II, 1880, and proclaimed by the Pres
ident of the United States on October 5. 1881.
Authorizing the construction of bridge ov er
Bayou Bernard, Miss.
Prohibiting any officer agent or servant of
the United States to hire contract out the
labor Of prisoners incarcerated for violating the
laws OF the United States.
Amending the act entitled "An act to amend
the statutes in regard to Immediate transporta-
ton of dutiable goods, approved June 10, 1897
three bills.
Authorizing the construction OF bridg Q
across the eastern branch of the Potomac river
at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east in
Washington, D. c., as to connect the Dis
trict with the Maryland shore.
Among the last acts of Congress which
have become laws are:
The anti-Mormon.
Redemption Of the trade dollar.
Fisheries and retaliation against Canada.
Relating to arrears of taxes in the District OF
Columbia.
Appropriating sS50,OOO for the purchase OF q
site for pusComce building at San Francisco.
Repeating the Tenure-of-O Off ce act.
Authorizing the Secretary of War to accept
from the Commercial Club certain lands known
as the high tract, near Chicago, for military
purposes.
Authorizing John F. Cham berlain to erect a
hotel at Fortress Monroe.
Prohibiting the catching Of mackerel during
spawning season.
Providing for Union soldiers home west of
the Rocky mountains.
Relating to the Judicial District OF Northern
Illinois
tons.
Confirming to American citizens the right to
possess real estate in the Territories.
Providing for an investigation Of the books
and accounts of the Pacific railroad.
Granting the title to certain lands in the Dis
trict of Columbia
Providing for the bringing Of suits against the
United States
For construction of bridge across East
River, between the City of New York and Long
Island.
For bridge across the Great Kanawha river,
below the falls.
For q bridge across the Red river of the
North.
To give Congressional assent to the construc-
ton of a free bridge by the County of Davidson,
Tenn, over the Cumberland river.
Amending an act for the purchase Of site
and erection of a public building at Detroit,
Mich.
Authorizing the printing of $500 extra copies
OF the report of the health office of the District
of Columbia. and the eulogies in Congress upon
the late Senator Logan.
Authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river between Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Authorizing the use of the hot water off the
Government reservation at Hot Springs Ark.
Authorizing the United States treasurer
to credit the District of Columbia with certain
moneys in lieu Of investing the same in bonds.
Authorizing the printing of the official report
Of the Investigations of DIR. Edward Shake
speare concerning the nature, ETC., of epidemic
cholera.
Authorizing the Duluth. Pierre City & Black
Hills railroad to construct a bridge across the
Missouri river at Pierre, Oak.
Authorizing the Tombigbee railroad to con-
struct bridge across the Mississippi river at
near Columbus, Miss.
Admitting free of duty articles for exhibition
at the Minneapolis exhibition.
Among other bills that failed to become laws,
the most important were the General De-
ficiency, Notifications and River and Harbor
Appropriation bills.
The following bills failed to become
laws because the President did not sign
them:
Bill to settle the claimiof A. H. Emory for
500 OGO.
Bill relating to promotions in the medical
corps of the army.
The bill to prevent the employment OF alien
labor.
The bill to open strip of public land south
of Kansas for settlement.
The bills providing for public buildings at
Monroe, La, and Saginaw. Mich.
The Labor Arbitration bill
The bill to annex part of Idaho to Wash
ingtOn Territory.
Bill for printing maps of the General Land
Once and Il number of private relief bills.
The Agricultural Department. bill passed
both Houses and died with the committee
OF agriculture in the House, to which
committee it was referred with Senate
amendments. The bill to repeal the Pre-
emption. Timber Culture and Desert
Land Laws, the Fortifcations bill and tho
Northern Pacific Land Grant Forfeiture
bill failed of passage because of lack of
agreement in conference.